Battle of Britain Album #23: No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF

Hurricane pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron at Duxford, September 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1290.

 

Armorers replenish the ammunition in Hawker Hurricane Mk I P3143 'NN-D' of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron at Duxford, September 1940. Left to right: Jindrich Prokop, an unidentified British corporal and Vladimir Masek. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1297.

 

Sergeant Bohumil Furst of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron climbs out of his Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1294.

 

Sergeant Bohumil Furst of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron climbs out of his Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1295.

 

Sergeant Bohumil Furst of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron is greeted by the squadron mascot on returning to Duxford after a sortie in his Hawker Hurricane Mk I, 7 September 1940.

 

Czechoslovak pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF and their British flight commanders grouped in front of Hawker Hurricane Mark I, P3143 'NN-D', at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 7 September 1940. They are (standing, left to right); Pilot Officer S Janduch, Sergeant J Vopalecuy, Sergeant R Puda, Sergeant K Seda, Sergeant B Furst and Sergeant R Zima: (sitting, left to right); Pilot Officer W Goth, Flight Lieutenant J Maly, Flight Lieutenant G L Sinclair, Flying Officer J E Boulton, Flight Lieutenant J Jeffries (who commanded the Squadron in January-June 1941, having changed his name by deed poll to Latimer), Pilot Officer S Zimprich, Sergeant J Kaucky, Flight Lieutenant F Rypl, Pilot Officer E Fechtner and Pilot Officer V Bergman. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1299.

 

Hurricane pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron at Duxford, September 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1292.

 

President Benes of Czechoslovakia inspecting WAAFs at Duxford during his visit to decorate airmen of No 310 (Czech) Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1940 Imperial War Museum photo HU 52349.

 

 

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